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Re: Zany-Brainy Scratch Off Sale
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Fri, 17 Nov 2000 17:56:27 GMT
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"John B Wood" <jwood@execpc.com> wrote in message
news:G46K2H.Bv1@lugnet.com...
> > I received a couple of cards in the mail today - the sale is • 11/17-11/18.
> > As in the past, the scratch off gets you somewhere between 10% and 50% • off
> > of your total purchase.
> >
> > Details:
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> > 5,300,000 total cards
> >
> > 50% off: 17,354
> > 40% off: 17,354
> > 30% off: 34,708
> > 20% off: 69,416
> > 10% off: 5,161,168
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> That gives you about a 2.62% chance of getting better than 10% off - not
> good odds. Sure enough, mine was only 10%...
> Any one do any better?
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> -John-
I ended up with three cards, all three 10% off. Last year I had a 30% off
card. I stopped by ZB and didn't buy anything - at 10% off nothing is a
"must have" at this point. Last year they had some Model Team and Train
sets, nothing like that this year (at least in the two ZB stores near me).
Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
PS: They seem to have a lot of cards in the store, ask for another one when
you walk in, you might do better.
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| (...) Cards in the store... The employees were even commenting on the miserable 10% off cards in the store, so I challenged the manager that I wouldn't buy anything at only 10% off, since TRU next door was having better sales... After scratching 37 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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